Stock-car



(No Model.)

' G. GROSSMAN.

STOGKOAR. N0. 366 091. Patented July 5, 1887.

\x/i NEssEi fLNvENTm Z JM F UNITED STATES PATENT, FFliClEo GEORGE GROSSMAN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOCK -CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,091, dated July 5, 1887. Application filed January 10, 1887. Serial No. 223.858. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GROSSMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain improvements in Stock-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of stockcars more particularly adapted to the transportation of horses; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide lighter and more readily adjustable stallpartitions than those now in use, and, second, to afford a more convenient method of storing and supplying water. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an open end elevation of one of my cars, showing a partition in place to form a stall; Fig. 2, a view through to a: of Fig. 1, showing a front View of the stay for retaining the ring supporting the partition in place; Fig. 8, afront View of one of the partitions folded back against the side of the car; Fig. 4, a top view of the inside of the car, with portions of some of the interior members cut away; and Fig.5, an enlarged top and sectional View of the slots for receiving the pins at the bottom of the partitions.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A is the frame-work of the car, which may be of any suitable known construction.

B represents horizontal cross piecesor braces, to which is secured a longitudinal beam, 0, for supporting the outer ends of the rods D, by which the upper ends of the stall-partitions are upheld. The inner ends of these rods are attached to the top of the side of the car, and each rod is provided with two Ushaped depressions, b b, with which the rings 6 of the stall-partitions E engage when the partitions are respectively in a position to form stalls, or folded back against the side of the car, as shown in Fig; 3, to afford a clear space through the body of the car. Each partition is composed of a single board or plank of suitable dimensions, the lower end being provided with downwardly-projccting pins 6, which, when the planks are set out to form partitions, engage with slots F in the floor of the car, in order to hold that end of the partition in place, while the upper ends are supplied with the supporting-rings e, that connect them with the rods D, and are joined to the planks by means of a swivel-joint, to permit the partition to be turned about the base of the rings while the latter are in engagement with the rods, as will be described. XVhen in position as partitions, the planks form stalls extending diagonally across the car, and are located so that the stalls in one half of the car head to one side thereof and those of the other half toward the opposite side, substantially as described in my Patents N 0. 337,323, dated March 2, 1886, and No. 340,946, dated April 27, 1886. The. planks themselves extend diagonally from the floor upward.

The purpose of using narrow partitions and having them rise diagonally from the floor upward is to lighten the weight of said partitions, and at the same time, while interposing the lower end thereof between the hind legs of adjoining horses to prevent their kicking each other, to have the partitions catch the animal about the center of the body when thrown or moving against them, to avoid skinning or otherwise injuring the hips, and at the same time to present proportionably greater bearing-surface to the animal.

The slots F in the floor of the'car, which receive the pins 6, are of suiiicient length and width to allow some play of the lower part of the partition to avoid too great rigidity when the animals are brought into contact with them, and their edges are faced on the upper cated next to the side of the car and receives the ring 0 when the partition is folded back, the other end resting upon the floor of the car. These depressions serve to hold the rings in place and prevent them from accidentally sliding along the rod.

As will be readily understood, the change in the position of the plank from the side of the car to its position as a partition and back again is made by simply raising it until the ring 6 clears the depression in which it rests, and then moving the plank back or forth, sliding this ring along the rod D to the other depression. The depression b is lower than I), the rod sloping between the two, for, as the plank stands in a diagonal position when supported in the former, it is necessary that the latter should be higher to hold the plank in a vertical position against the side of the car.

To prevent the partition-ring from being raised from its position in the depression I) by the horse rubbing against the plank or from other accidental cause, there is a stay, G, de-

pending from the top of the car or a crossbeam just above the depression. This stay is triangular in form and pivoted above by the apex, so as to swing across the direction of the rod, the base being of such length that the movement and jarring of the car cannot swing it sufficiently to uncover the ring. When the plank is to be raised, the stay is swung entirely out of the way by the attendant.

In this car I use two methods of storing and supplying water for the stock. The first is by suspending a large pipe, M, diagonally across one-half of the car beneath the roof from one end of said car to the central part of the same. One end, m, of this pipe projects through the end of the car and turns up sufficiently high to act as a receiver for supplying the pipe with water, and is furnished with a door, m, over the top of the vertical portion. The other end has a suitable faucet, N, by which the water is drawn off, and is constructed so that a hose can be attached,

' that the water may be tapped more convenand grain.

iently and avoid splashing. This pipe can readily be filled at any watering-station in the same manner as the tender of an engine is supplied. Hanging it diagonally across the car serves to equalize theweight between the two sides. Y

The other inethodis to run the pipe P under the manger longitudinally, one end, p, projecting through the end of the car and turning upward in the same manner as does the end of the pipe M at m. The other end of this pipe is also provided with a faucet, Q,

by which water is drawn into the buckets. The pipe is placed thus low that-it may be filled by hand when there is no tank from which to fill the upper pipe, M.

The arrangement of the manger is very simple, being formed on the top of a box of which the side and floor of the car form two sides, with a top, R, and front S. The top is pro vided with doors 0', which open into the box. The front S rises above the top sufficiently to form a manger, as at 8. Each box extends one-half the length of the car and the two are on-opposite sides thereof. They and the spaces I in the angles at the ends of the car, which are also boxed over, are used for storing hay The horses are each tied to the manger by a halter having one or two straps, as in a stable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a stock-car, the combination, with rods secured near the top of the car and exsupported by them, and adapted to be moved back along said rods against the side of the car or out into the body thereof to form stalls, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, in a stockcar, with rods secured near the top of the car and having depressions therein in which to receive connections for supporting partitions, of partitions connected with said rods, and stays movably secured above said depressions to retain said connections in place, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, in a stock-car,with the body thereof, of partitions secured at top and bottom, so as to extend diagonally upward from the bottom and form stalls, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, in a stock car,'wit-h the body thereof, of partitions secured at top and bottom, so as to form stalls, and rising diagonally from the bottom toward the heads of the stalls, substantially as specified.

6. The combination, in a stock car, with the feed-trough, of a water-reservoir extending. longitudinallyunder thesame and secured to the bottom thereof, so as to be elevated above the car-floor, the reservoir having an stantially as specified.

7. The combination, in a stock car, with the feed-trough, of a water-reservoir extending longitudinally under the same and secured to the bottom thereof, so as to be elevated above the car-floor, one end projecting outside of the car and constructed to receive water, and the other having means whereby water can be drawn therefrom, substantially as specified.

8. The combinatiomin a stock car, of a water-reservoir suspended beneath the roof and extending diagonally across said car from one end to the center thereof, the extremity of the reservoir at the end of the car passing through the same and being constructed to receive water, and the other being arranged to have water drawn therefrom, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

GEO. GROSSMAN.

\Vitnesses:

WM. R. GERHART, W. J. FoRDNEY. 

